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Case Study
Operational Excellence in Fast-moving Consumer Goods
Amplify supported the implementation of a new transformation strategy
The Challenge
  • A Fast-moving Consumer Goods company had to implement a new transformation strategy based on refreshed category growth plans.
  • Their focus was improving their route-to-market model to 270 million potential customers.
How Amplify Helped
  • Amplify provided a real-time view of forecasted and realized revenue and cost synergies.
  • Projects were prioritized based on their ability to support strategic goals.
  • Executive stakeholders were kept informed by portfolio-level reporting.
Key Outcomes
  • Ability to forecast and monitor incremental operating expense savings across business functions.
  • Improved governance of project approval process.
  • Harmonization of change management processes
    throughout the business.
Case Study
Post Merger Integration at a Financial Services Company
Amplify supported realization of substantial synergies from a key acquisition
The Challenge
  • A Financial Services Company had acquired the capability to deliver a front-to-back platform for asset managers and owners globally.
  • The acquisition had potential to address adjacent $8 billion revenue pool for front office services.
How Amplify Helped
  • Provided single source of truth for cost and revenue synergies.
  • Conducted accurate forecast of progress towards goals in real-time.
  • Tracked the successful execution of deliverables and business impact of financial savings.
Key Outcomes
  • Single, integrated platform for program execution and
    synergy tracking.
  • Realized $200m of Cost and $700m of revenue synergies.
  • Early warning indicators created
    to show when synergy targets
    were at risk.
Case Study
Divestiture at a Global Industrial Conglomerate
Amplify supported a broad divestiture of $20B of assets with 150 transactions
The Challenge
  • A leading Global Industrial Conglomerate was looking to streamline its portfolio and enhance shareholder value through wide-ranging divestitures
  • They were targeting $20B of assets across 6 business units with 150 transactions
How Amplify Helped
  • Supported coordination of large, globally-dispersed team in wide-sweeping transformation
  • Managed key divestiture tasks throughout portfolio, providing visibility to key milestones and overall divestiture effort
Key Outcomes
  • Executed a series of large divestitures including challenged businesses, helping raise capital and streamline business
Case Study
CapEx Reduction at an Energy Utility
Amplify helped an Energy Utility reduce CapEx through strategic alignment
The Challenge
  • Energy Utility participated in a price-regulated market and needed to realize significant cost reduction.
  • Client sought to reevaluate and reprioritize capital expenditures based on strategic alignment.
How Amplify Helped
  • Central source of truth for 100+ initiatives, and 100+ client and consultant resources to support realignment.
  • Implemented Stage Gate process to track progress of identified projects and manage approvals at key consulting fee payment milestones.
  • Developed custom, automated reports for in-depth analysis and support of regular status meetings.
Key Outcomes
  • Identified savings pipeline of $4.5B USD.
  • Three months after formal program launch, in process of delivering against $100M+ of identified savings.
Case Study
Business Transformation at an Energy Utility
Amplify helped an Energy Utility survive and thrive in an evolving market
The Challenge
  • An Energy Utility Company faced evolving customer needs and an ever-changing regulatory landscape.
  • They saw the need to urgently transform their business, but were constrained by high operating costs and deteriorating corporate culture.
How Amplify Helped
  • After a comprehensive assessment of the vendor marketplace, Amplify was chosen because of its flexibility to support a wide array of projects.
  • Projects were prioritized based on alignment to strategic goals, then tracked using real-time dashboards.
Key Outcomes
  • Annual cost base has been reduced by $350M.
  • Employee engagement is greatly improved, with resultant enhancement to culture.
  • Transformation stakeholders are aligned through real-time reporting against a single-source-of-truth.
Case Study
ERP Benefits Realization for a Department of Education
Amplify supported tracking the benefits realized from an ERP implementation
The Challenge
  • A Department of Education supporting over 1M students across 2,000 schools was embarking on a department-wide ERP implementation
  • Program was struggling as costs spiralled, timelines were extended, and value was delayed
How Amplify Helped
  • Amplify was brought in to support a turnaround of the struggling program, focussing resources and budget on value capture
  • Support the identification, tracking, and reporting of $100M in projected benefits, helping ensure value was realized
Key Outcomes
  • System was implemented throughout all 2,000+ schools, aligning educators and administrators on a single financial and human resources system
  • Teams continue to track benefits realization against $100M annual targets
Case Study
ERP Benefits Realization for a City Government
Amplify supported tracking benefits realized from an ERP implementation
The Challenge
  • A large City council was embarking on a significant investment in implementing SAP, and was concerned about cost and schedule overruns
  • They engaged with an SI partner and wanted to align costs with benefits achieved
How Amplify Helped
  • Dedicated benefits realization team was established, staffed jointly by council and SI partner resources
  • Benefits realization team used Amplify to document business case, expected benefits, and track realization
Key Outcomes
  • $450M in benefits documented from the program, against $350M in 10-year costs
  • City council achieved its goals of delivering services for its constituents more efficiently
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